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In the 13th-14th centuries the inhabitants of the bigger towns had to rely more and more on the neighbouring country-side for their foodstuffs and raw materials for their crafts. Trade between the town and the country-side began to develop. Now we shall learn more about: - the trade connections between the town and the village; […]

People from the country would come to the town markets to sell their surplus produce and to buy the townsmen’s goods. The town market was held, as a rule, on a certain day of the week. On market-day stalls were put up in the mar­ket-place, which was in any open space near the centre of […]

Far more important and exciting than the weekly mar­kets were the fairs. Fairs were held once a year and they lasted a week, or even two or three w’eeks. The fairs could also be held only with the king’s permis­sion and not every town had one. The same sort of preparations went on as for […]

From the eleventh to the thirteenth century, though prog­ress was made in technique and in utilizing waste lands, rural society and agricultural tenures remained for the most part static. During the whole of that period the bulk of cul­tivators were of villein status: they held their land “at the will of the lord”, and rendered […]

In the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church was at one time a mighty and magnificent institution. It covered the whole of the Christian world with such an organisation that no one could be unaware of its existence. It controlled the life of every human being from the moment of birth to the last dying […]

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Scientist from Ukraine Max Polyakov and FAI presented their new project